Abstract: In a method for operating an electric vehicle, including an electrical drive device for driving the vehicle, a control device for controlling the driving of the vehicle, a first energy storage device for supplying the control device with a first DC voltage, a second energy storage device for supplying the drive device with a second DC voltage, and an energy supply unit providing an output DC voltage, the first energy storage device is connected to the energy supply unit via a converter device, the second energy storage device is connected to the energy supply unit, the converter device converts the output DC voltage into the first DC voltage, a first power flow from the first energy storage device to the second energy storage device is prevented and a second power flow from the second energy storage device to the first energy storage device is prevented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for firing a porous ceramic structure of the honeycomb type on a firing setter, said structure comprising a plurality of longitudinal through-channels terminating in two ends of the structure, the end bearing on the setter having a maximum width LS before firing, in a longitudinal sectional plane passing through the principal axis of the structure, said process being characterized in that the setter has, in said longitudinal sectional plane: a first level corresponding to a first face of the setter serving as bearing surface for the structure to be fired, said level having a maximum width L1; a second level, spaced away from said first face of the setter by a thickness E1-2, said second level having a maximum width L2; the width L1 being equal to or greater than LS; and the width L2 being less than L1, and also to the setter as described above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a firing support for ceramics formed from a carbon substrate at least partially covered by a coating based on silicon carbide (SiC), said coating additionally adhering to said substrate. The invention also relates to a process for obtaining such a support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particle blend comprising mainly or consisting of an oxide phase of the pseudo-brookite type comprising at least titanium and aluminum, said blend being obtained from at least two particle size fractions, namely a coarse particle size fraction, the median diameter d50 of which is greater than 12 microns, and a fine particle size fraction, the median diameter d50 of which is between 0.5 and 3 microns, the mass ratio of said coarse fraction to said fine fraction being between 1.5 and 20, limits inclusive, and the ratio of the median diameter of the coarse fraction to that of the fine fraction being greater than 12.

Abstract: Filter structure of the honeycomb type for filtering particulate-laden gases, said structure being characterized in that: a) the filtering walls of said honeycomb structure are made of a material having, after firing, an average thermal expansion coefficient, measured between 25 and 1100° C., of less than 2.5×10?6 K?1; and b)the material constituting the plugs comprises: a filler formed from refractory grains, the melting temperature of which is above 1500° C., and the median diameter of which is between 5 and 50 microns; and a glassy binder phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for firing a porous ceramic structure of the honeycomb type on a firing setter, said structure comprising a plurality of longitudinal through-channels terminating in two ends of the structure, the end bearing on the setter having a maximum width LS before firing, in a longitudinal sectional plane passing through the principal axis of the structure, said process being characterized in that the setter has, in said longitudinal sectional plane: a first level corresponding to a first face of the setter serving as bearing surface for the structure to be fired, said level having a maximum width L1; a second level, spaced away from said first face of the setter by a thickness E1-2, said second level having a maximum width L2; the width L1 being equal to or greater than LS; and the width L2 being less than L1, and also to the setter as described above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filtering structure of the honeycomb type, comprising an array of longitudinal adjacent channels of mutually parallel axes separated by porous filtering walls, said structure being characterized in that the material constituting the plugs placed on the first end of the filter have substantially the same composition and are structuring continuous with said walls and in that the plugs placed on the second end of the filter have a different chemical composition and/or a different structural composition from those/that of the plugs placed on said first end.

Abstract: The invention relates to a particle blend comprising mainly or consisting of an oxide phase of the pseudo-brookite type comprising at least titanium and aluminum, said blend being obtained from at least two particle size fractions, namely a coarse particle size fraction, the median diameter d50 of which is greater than 12 microns, and a fine particle size fraction, the median diameter d50 of which is between 0.5 and 3 microns, the mass ratio of said coarse fraction to said fine fraction being between 1.5 and 20, limits inclusive, and the ratio of the median diameter of the coarse fraction to that of the fine fraction being greater than 12.

Abstract: The invention relates to a firing support for ceramics formed from a carbon substrate at least partially covered by a coating based on silicon carbide (SiC), said coating additionally adhering to said substrate. The invention also relates to a process for obtaining such a support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing components for the engine compartment with a relatively high degree of integration, where at least one thermoplastic polymer is preplastified and the plastified material in the plastic state is laid down in a defined manner in a compression mold and is molded in a subsequent compression procedure. The present invention further relates to the components produced by the present process, in particular labyrinth plates for automatic gearboxes.

Abstract: A method for automatic particle size analysis of a particle mixture by linear, optoelectronic scanning of a separated particle stream. Particle chord length categories are counted and converted to a particle size distribution. The method takes into account practical considerations such as mixed particle velocities and mixed grain shapes. The exposure time for the linear scanning determines, as a function of the diameter and the velocity of the smallest particle being measured, the number of particles per category size by means of appearance probabilities of recorded chord lengths for corresponding particle sizes. The determination of particle numbers is made using the sequence of the category of the largest particle diameters to the category of the smallest particle diameter, whereby, after each calculation of a particle size category, the number of chord lengths in the length category is corrected.